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6 Jan 2010, 10:00 am
As many of you know, when an employee is terminated the employee may be eligible to continue their participation in the company sponsored health plan through what is often referred to as COBRA. COBRA is a federal law that allows workers who leave their jobs to continue their former employer’s health insurance coverage for up to 18 months. Ordinarily, though, individuals must pay the entire premium, plus an administrative fee, making COBRA unaffordable for many unemployed workers. The economic… [read post]
16 Mar 2013, 4:32 pm
Dr. Joshua Tauberer‘s GovTrack free access to law and e-participation service now includes summaries of selected legislation, according to Dr. Aviad Eilam‘s post entitled Update: Adding Bill Summaries, at GovTrack Blog.
Here is an excerpt of the post:
Here at GovTrack we’ve gotten a fair amount of complaints about wordy, incomprehensible legislative language. So we’ve started doing our own research on certain bills, in an effort to provide simple and straightforward… [read post]
1 Nov 2011, 10:01 am
Dr. Rinke Hoekstra of the University of Amsterdam’s Leibniz Center for Law has posted The MetaLex Document Server, on the VoxPopuLII blog, published by the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School.
In this post, Dr. Hoekstra describes the technology of the MetaLex Document Server, a new service that provides free public access to all current Dutch statutes and regulations in XML and Linked Data, and with version control.
In his post, Dr. Hoekstra describes the primary… [read post]
16 Apr 2013, 7:29 pm
This post links to tweets and selected resources from the 16 April 2013 launch event for the Good Law Initiative, a project of the UK Office of the Parliamentary Counsel.
The main page for the initiative appears to be called Good law – Detailed guidance – GOV.UK.
The Office’s announcement of the Good Law initiative is called Join the good law conversation.
Twitter tweets from the launch event are now archived in .csv format.
The Twitter hashtag for the event, and for other Good Law… [read post]
26 Jul 2012, 7:33 pm
Caroline Turnbull-Hall of PricewaterhouseCoopers and Richard Thomas have published Length of Tax Legislation as a Measure of Complexity (UK Office of Tax Simplification 2012).
Here is the abstract:
In his seminal Hardman lecture, Adam Broke pointed to the length of tax legislation, the language used, the drafting style and the diversity of taxes as all contributing to the complexity of the UK tax code.
To this list could also be added political pressures and policy initiatives, both of which impact… [read post]
8 Jun 2011, 9:34 am
Indemnification is a game of risk. Play carefully.
Indemnification. Its a commonly debated clause in your contract. Up the chain, the owner wants complete indemnification. Down the chain, the contractor wants less. What is fair? Is there a legislative answer?
The debate has been that owners often receive unfair indemnification. In some cases, the value of that indemnification might far outreach the value of the contract. No one has the perfect answer for what indemnification should look like,… [read post]
4 Jan 2013, 2:05 pm
On January 4, 2013, Industry Canada issued revised draft regulations (Electronic Commerce Protection Regulations) for Canada’s upcoming anti-spam legislation (“CASL”). The revised regulations will be subject to comment until February 4, 2013 and generally clarify certain key CASL definitions and exceptions and add some new exceptions. Some of the key aspects of the new draft regulations include: Definitions of “family relationship” and “personal… [read post]
1 Mar 2013, 6:06 pm
María Hallo Carrasco of National Polytechnic School, Ecuador, and Professor Dr. M. Mercedes Martínez-González and Pablo de la Fuente Redondo, both of University of Valladolid, have published Data models for version management of legislative documents, forthcoming in Journal of Information Science.
Here is the abstract:
This paper surveys the main data models used in projects including the management of changes in digital normative legislation. Models have been classified based… [read post]
17 Feb 2011, 8:45 am
Time to put green building bucks back in the piggy bank?
***Today’s guest post was written by Drake McDonald. Drake was asked to provide us with some details on upcoming federal legislation, helping to facilitate green building.***
With the growing demand for sustainable business practices and lifestyle options, it is no surprise that the construction and architecture industries are currently undergoing major changes.
A new generation of construction management students is beginning to realize… [read post]
10 Dec 2010, 8:32 am
For years, a debate has raged on the merits of vesting the FDA with mandatory recall powers. Mandatory recall is part of the food safety legislation that may or may not pass in this Congress, so it’s worth discussing. At present, the FDA lacks any power to order a recall. Its only legal authority is administrative detention and seizure.
Many, including some regulators, have argued against mandatory recall because it will result in less and less timely recalls. The argument that mandatory… [read post]
11 Dec 2012, 4:24 pm
By Robert Milligan and Jessica Mendelson
Recently, we blogged about the passage of California Assembly Bill 1844 (“AB 1844”), which regulates employers’ ability to demand access to employees’ or prospective hires’ personal social media accounts. Assembly Bill 1844 was codified as section 980 of the California Labor Code. Recently, California State Assemblywoman Nora Campos has proposed an additional bill, AB 25, which amends California Labor Code section 980 to specify… [read post]
11 Dec 2012, 4:24 pm
By Robert Milligan and Jessica Mendelson
Recently, we blogged about the passage of California Assembly Bill 1844 (“AB 1844”), which regulates employers’ ability to demand access to employees’ or prospective hires’ personal social media accounts. Assembly Bill 1844 was codified as section 980 of the California Labor Code. Recently, California State Assemblywoman Nora Campos has proposed an additional bill, AB 25, which amends California Labor Code section 980 to specify… [read post]
30 Apr 2010, 2:50 pm
As discussed in my earlier posts here, congress has repeatedly extended the benefits to employees under COBRA. And now, for the third ime, the COBRA premium subsidy program has been extended, this time through May 31, 2010, under the Continuing Extension Act of 2010 (Act). The key provisions of the Act include:
The extension of the eligibility period for the COBRA subsidy through May 31, 2010.
A new special election period and related notice requirement for individuals who experience a… [read post]
15 Aug 2010, 5:00 pm
The launch of legislation.gov.uk by The [UK] National Archives marks a step change in public access to a primary source of legal information for citizens in the UK. Legislation.gov.uk is extensive, covering the four jurisdictions that make up the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) and over 800 years of history.
John Sheridan, Head of e-Services and Strategy at The National Archives, writes:
First, some background
We had two objectives with legislation.gov.uk: to… [read post]
9 May 2013, 8:46 am
Suds aficionados may soon be able to brew beer legally in any home in the U.S. [read post]
3 Mar 2011, 1:41 pm
One Quickscribe Manual received updates in the month of February:BC Forest Legislation ManualAnd remember, daily updates to BC legislation are always available at www.bclegislation.ca.
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2 Oct 2010, 5:08 pm
Three Quickscribe Manuals received updates in September:BC Liquor Legislation ManualBC Family Legislation ManualBC Real Estate legislation Manual And as always, daily updates to BC legislation are available at www.bclegislation.ca.
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31 Mar 2011, 4:54 pm
Only one Quickscribe Manual received updates in March:BC Environment LegislationPlease keep in mind that daily updates to BC legislation are always available at www.bclegislation.ca.
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3 Jun 2011, 7:38 am
There were three Quickscribe Manual updates in May:BC Fire Safety LegislationBC Strata Property LegislationBC Local Government LegislationAs always, daily updates to BC statutes & regulations are available at www.bclegislation.ca.
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22 Dec 2010, 5:11 pm
For what it's worth, this is the link to the FDA's own interpretation of what the new food safety bill means. [read post]